Anyway, this week I found myself down at the E 6th track for a tempo based workout. I was scheduled for a 9 mile run with 4 miles at half marathon pace. Perfect! I wanted to shoot for 7:30 pace to keep it to a pace that wouldn't kill my legs but tough enough to push a bit. See below and I'd say I succeeded! Good to see the pacemaker is still in shape;-)
800m | 3:45 | 7:30min/mile |
800m | 3:42 | 7:24min/mile |
800m | 3:45 | 7:30min/mile |
800m | 3:45 | 7:30min/mile |
400m | 1:50 | 7:20min/mile |
400m | 1:48 | 7:12min/mile |
400m | 1:47 | 7:08min/mile |
200m | :53 | 7:07min/mile |
200m | :47 | 6:19min/mile |
I also found out yet another reason why to be weary about bridges. I was driving back from NJ and using a GPS device. I had thought it was smart and having us go around traffic. However, I'm not sure how going over the Verazzano and getting home via Brooklyn is fast:-p I got a good kick out of it and hey I got to drive part of the NYC Marathon course. Damn, that bridge is steep!! I also saw the waterfalls by the Brooklyn Bridge.
And in this week's odd occurrence in NYC: I went to dinner with a couple of friends at a local diner. After finishing (which included finding a bug in my salad! yuck!), 3 women in mini skirts were walking around handing out free cocktails. I have no idea. I'm just saying...
Coming up tomorrow? 17 miles on the agenda ending at Grimaldis in Brooklyn. Mmmm....
91 days to go. Who's counting?